Sleep Column — Void Disintegration
This box set appeared on Uk mainly wall noise label Void Singulator Recordings- with the three black & green printed discs coming in a DVD case, with a cover that features white texts on a black background. This is the first boxset on the label, and it’s always nice to see both label & artist putting out a large work like this- as larger release are too rare these days, and as any seasoned wall-head knows it’s always great to get lost in longer forms of this most extreme of form of sound. This set appeared in an edition of twenty copies, and as of this review, the label still has copies left.
The tracks here are simply named Void Disintegration I-IV. So first up on disc one we have “I”- this comes in at one hour and eighteen-minute mark, and it’s a fairly standard though compelling enough example of raging ‘n’ thick wall matter. It’s built around a sustained rushing & slight swirling under drone- this is topped by a rattling ‘n’ shaking static grain, and from time-to-time, you get worthy collusions of the fairly fixed textures which create swarming hazed like feel. At around the fifty-five-minute mark, we get the addition of a sudden pouring-in layer of rapid hazing static, which fairly soon gets engulfed by the other textures, though it does distill a deeper/ roasting feel into the ‘wall’.
Moving onto disc number two & “II”- this roll in at one hour, nineteen and a half minutes. To begin with, we find a mid-paced churning-almost-groove like low-end, around this we have two or three layers of rattling 'n' shaking textures. This ‘wall’ nicely brings together a feeling of hypnotic sludge & constantly rattling crispness. Unlike the first wall, this stays pretty much the same through-out- though I’m sure textures do alter slightly along the length of the track. I Very much enjoyed the almost groove feel of this track
Over on disc three we, of course, have “III”- this runs for one hour & eleven minutes. And we find here a mixture of constantly pouring stark drone noise, rapid rattling static pellet, and sustained grainy fuzz. This ‘wall’ brought to mind staring out at a barren landscape that’s been constantly lashed & beaten by cold autumnal rain- so it’s a grim ride, that once again is fairly entrancing. The layers of sound remain fixed here again, and while none of the textures are in any way something we’ve not heard before they are set & fed out in an enjoyable yet grim manner, which will perfectly suit ones more starkly fixed moods.
On the final disc we have of course “IV”- this is one of the shorter ‘walls’ here at one hour and eight minutes. The track returns to stretched sort of groove-like feel of “II”, but with a rather nicely creepy edge. We have a deeply smeared ‘n’ constantly churning low-end, and is topped by this rather eerie rattle & churn textures- ever so often these knock together to create this decidedly creepy reverberation. Once again this track is rather hypnotic, and for my money one the more creative moments here- as the textures used are fairly distinct, and the creepy knocking element is most neat.
If you looking for a consistent, if largely not that original collection of long-form ‘walls’, I’d say you’ll need to get hold of a copy of this. It must be five or so years since I’ve last heard anything from this project, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. You can check out snippets of each of the four tracks here, but really you need to hear each in their full length for maximum impact & bleakly entrancing results. Head to the labels bandcamp here